Five Connecticut police officers appeared in court for the first time Thursday since being charged with cruelly neglecting a Black man after he was partially paralyzed in the back of a police van, despite his repeated and desperate pleas for help.
The New Haven officers briefly faced a judge, who continued their cases to Jan. 11. All five officers, who did not speak in court, remain free on $25,000 bail and have been on paid administrative leave since the summer.
